Propeller Education Kit Labs: Fundamentals Text

Written for college and university electronics, robotics, microcontroller, and senior design courses, this text is also a valuable resource for hobbyists with previous microcontroller experience who want to explore the Propeller chip.

This text is an updated and printed compilation of the Fundamentals labs in the Propeller Education Kit series for the powerful multiprocessing Propeller microcontroller.

With its 8 parallel-processsing cogs, the Propeller chipÎ“Ã‡Ã–s unique design makes a variety of otherwise difficult microcontroller applications relatively simple. For example, processors can be assigned to audio inputs and outputs, mouse, keyboard, TV or LCD display to create a microcontroller based computer system, with processors left over to work on more conventional tasks such as monitoring inputs and sensors and controlling outputs and actuators.

Although the Propeller chip is very powerful, that doesnÎ“Ã‡Ã–t mean it is difficult to use.

The Propeller chip also comes in handy for simple projects involving indicator lights, buttons, sensors, and speakers found in common product designs. You can build examples of these circuits with the Propeller Education Kit and the labs in this book. Once youÎ“Ã‡Ã–ve mastered the basics, you can find additional hardware, accessories and labs at www.parallax.com/propeller.

Note: This book contains building and testing instructions for the 40-pin DIP version of the kit (#32305). The instructions for setting up the PropStick USB version (#32306) are available for free download below.